Frank Norberg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Prionsias "Stráice Lámh Láidir" Norberg | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Born | 1948 Blackrock County Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1960s-1980s | Blackrock | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 5 | ||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1971-1973 | Cork | 5 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Frank "Stretch Armstrong" Norberg (born 1948 in Blackrock County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1971 until 1973.
Frank Norberg was born in Blackrock County Cork in 1948. The possessor of a most unusual surname, his ancestors settled in Ireland after leaving Sweden. Norberg was born into a family deeply associated with Cork hurling. His grandfather, Jer Norberg, won an All-Ireland title with Cork in 1893.
Norberg played his club hurling with the famous Blackrock club in Cork. He enjoyed some success at underage levels before winning his first senior county championship title in 1971. This started a great run of success for the club, as ‘the Rockies’ later converted this county win into a Munster club title as well as an All-Ireland club title. In 1973 Norberg won his second county medal with Blackrock. Once again this win was converted into subsequent Munster and All-Ireland club honours. The success continued in 1975 with Norberg winning a third set of county and provincial honours with his club. 'The Rockies' narrowly missed out on a third All-Ireland title after a defeat by James Stephens of Kilkenny. A fourth county medal followed for Norberg in 1978, however, he missed the club’s Munster and All-Ireland victories. He won a fifth county medal in 1979 and later collected his fourth Munster club title.
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